City comparison
Tampa, FL is about 900 miles (1,500 km) from Wylie, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 19 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Tampa, FL to Wylie, TX takes about 1 h 49 min, covering roughly 900 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Tampa, FL is on Eastern Time and Wylie, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Tampa, it's 11 a.m. in Wylie, which puts Tampa 1 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Tampa has a population of 388,768, vs 57,063 in Wylie — about 6.8× larger by population. By land area, Tampa covers about 115 sq mi vs 21 sq mi for Wylie.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Tampa | Wylie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,422/mo | $1,844/mo | 29.7% higher in Wylie |
| Median home value | $333,200 | $316,500 | 5.3% higher in Tampa |
| Median household income | $66,802 | $109,465 | 63.9% higher in Wylie |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 102.5 | 7.0% higher in Wylie |
| Utilities index | 89.1 | 91.1 | 2.2% higher in Wylie |
| Transportation index | 97.8 | 99.8 | 2.0% higher in Wylie |
| Healthcare index | 97.3 | 99.2 | 2.0% higher in Wylie |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Tampa, you'd need $100,102 in Wylie to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Tampa and Wylie have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Tampa than in Wylie. If you earn $80,000 in Tampa, you'd need about $80,081 in Wylie to keep the same standard of living.